Farm-gate.



J. W. LYON.

FARM GATE.

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FARM GATE.- APPLIOATION FILED JULY 14, 1909.

Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

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JOHN WILSE LYON, OF FLATGAP, KENTUCKY.

FARM-GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

Application filed July 14, 1909. Serial No. 507,604.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN WILSE LYON, a citizen of the United Statesresiding at Flatgap, in the county of Johnson and State of Kentucky,have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Farm Gates, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide certain new improvements inthat type of gates adapted to be opened by hand-operated mechanism asthe gate is approached .from opposite directions.

The invention resides particularly in certain features of constructionwhich will be described more fully hereinafter, and for a fullunderstanding of such features, reference is to be had to the followingdetail description and to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a top plan view showing a gate embodying the invention in openposition, dotted lines showing the closed position of the gate andadjacent parts of the operatin 'mechanism; Fig. 2 is a front elevation othe gate, certain parts being shown in section; Fig. 3 is an end viewbringing out more clearly the arrangement of the hand levers andconnection thereof with the gate; Fig. 4: is a section taken on the linet4c of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 3, andFig. 6 is a detail view showing more clearly the operating device bywhich thecatch spring on the gate is operated. j

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figuresof the drawings similar parts are referred to by like referencecharacters.

Referring to the drawings it will be observed that the usual supportin'gpost 1 is provided and with it the gate is hingedly or pivotallyconnected as shown at 2. The gate is of the horizontally swinging typeand is locked in closed position by a fixed catch 3 on a post 41, saidcatch 3 cooperating with a catch spring 5 on the free end of the gate 6.The gate 6 may be of any conventional type so long as it is associatedwith the various parts to be now described and which form the essentialfeatures of the invention.

Mounted on the supporting post 1 at its rear or outer side is a verticalshaft 7 having at its upper end an outwardly projecting arm 8 which isbifurcated or not as may be vers 10 located on opposite sides of thegate and preferably at a side of the road, should the gate be located ina road or similar place. The shaft 7 is peculiarly connected foroperation of the gate by means of actuating arms 11, said arms beingcurved in opposite directions and extending toward the hinged end ofsaid gate 6. At their outer ends the arms are provided with loops 11which receive pivoted stop arms 12, the arms 12 each having pivotalconnection at one end with the upper portion of the gate and beingprovided with a stop 12 intermediate of its ends. The loop 11 of theadjacent actuating arm 11 is adapted to engage the stop 12 of the stoparm 12 and in order to shove the gate open by positive action. On theshaft 7 are carried oppositely extending pro: jections 13 each of whichcoacts with a curved extension 14 on the outer end of a latch rod 15,the curved extensions 14 being formed by bifurcating the rod 15 at itsouter end. Hooks 16 are provided at the outer ends of the extensions 14and the projections 13 are .movable lengthwise of and in the hooks 16.The latch rod 15 is normally held retracted by means of a coiled spring17 surrounding the same and mounted in a horizontal opening in thesupporting post 1 which carries said latch rod. A short pull rod 18connects the latch rod 15 with the wire or other connection, shown at19, said connection 19 being directly connected by means of a series oflevers shown at 20 with the catch spring 5 by which the gate is heldclosed. A coiled spring 21 is interposed between the hinged end of thegate 6 and the post 1 and normally tends to hold the gate in a closedposition as shown in Fig. 2.

lVhen the gate is closed the loops on the actuating arms 11 are locateda short distance from the stops 12 so that the hand levers 10 must bemoved a short distance before the loops 11 strike the stops 12' andforce the gate open. Assuming that it is desired to pass through agateway the hand lever 10 approached by the operator, and which issupported on a post 10, is pulled downwardly causing the loop of one ofthe arms 11 to move toward the stop 12 adjacent thereto. Previous to theloop 11 striking the stop 12 the shaft 7 will have been turnedsufliciently to cause one of the projections 13 to pull outwardly on thelatch rod 15 and desired. The arm 8 is connected by wires 9 disengagethe spring catch 5 from the catch or similar flexible connections withhand le- 3 on the post 4. The gate Wlll then be free to swing open whenthe loop 11 strikes the stop 12 under the actuation of the lever 10above referred to. By reason of the arcuate movement of the loop 11 itis necessary that the arm 12 with which it cooperates be pivotallyconnected with the gate as before described. When the gate is swung toits full open position, a fixed catch 22 on the hinged post of the gatewill engage with one of a pair of pivoted catches 23 which are mountedon the supporting post 1. The catches 23 are so arranged that an 'end ofthe fixed catch 22 will engage with one of the catches 23 when the gateis opened, and according in which direction the gate swings. Each of thecatches 23 is provided with a lateral arm 23 with which a cam '24 on theshaft 7 is adapted to engage. Springs 25 normally tend to force thecatches 23 outwardly so as to disengage them from the catch 22.

The action of the parts just described is extremely advantageous becausewhen the gate swings open the catch 22 will engage one of the catches23, said catches being permitted to move inwardly by reason of the factthat the cam 24 is turned with the shaft into a transverse position.However, the passerby having passed through the gate, downward movementof the now adjacent lever 10 will turn the shaft 7 causing the cam 24:to engage the adjacent arms 23 of the catches 23 so that the one of thelatter cooperating with the catch 22 on the gate will be disengagedtherefrom and permit the gate to "close under the actuation of one ofthe arms.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Incombination, a horizontally swinging gate, a supporting post, a shaft onsaid post, means for operating said shaft, stop arms pivotally connectedwith the gate, and

actuating arms carried by the shaft and movable thereby to coact withthe stop arms to open and close the gate.

2. In combination a supporting post, a gate mounted to swing thereon, apair of stop arms extending from opposite sides of the gate and havingstops in their length, a shaft mounted on the supporting post, actuatingarms projecting from said shaft and arranged to engage the stops on thestop arms, and means for turning the shaft to cause cooperation of theactuating arms with the stops to close and open the gate.

3. In combination, a horizontally swinging gate, a supporting post, ashaft on said post, means for operating said shaft, stop arms pivotallyconnected with the gate, actuating arms carried by the shaft and movablethereby to coact with the stop arms to open and close the gate, a catchfor holding the gate closed, a latch rod mounted on the supporting postand connected with said catch, and means on the shaft for pulling thelatch rod previous to opening 'ofthe gate by cooperation of theactuating arms with the stop arms.

4. In combination, a supporting post, a gate mounted to swin thereon, afixed double ended catch applied to the swinging end of the gate, ashaft mounted on the supporting post, means connecting said shaft withthe gate for opening and closing the latter, a pair of catches pivotedto the sup porting post and one of which is adapted to engage the fixedcatch on the gate when the latter is opened in either direction, thecatches on the supporting post having lateral arms adjacent to oneanother, and a cam mounted on the shaft and arranged to engage the armsof said catches to release the gate therefrom initial to closingmovement.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN WILSE LYON.

Witnesses:

W. C. HALL, M. O. MoKENzIE.

